Sharp County record., 1887-12-22
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,Fention of the party in the first weel
Iune, 1888.
youpoMINENT Virginiaus in Washington
Fell that there is not the slightest doubt ol
.ede election of Hon. John 5. Barbour a
the mex United States Senator from then
State to succeed Mr.. Riddleberger, whose
term expires March 4, 1889.
AN excursion party of American rail
road conductors were presented to Presl
dent D.az in the City of Mexico, on the
3Oth, by Mr.. T. B. Connery, charge
d'affaires of the American legation. The
President received the party in cordial
manner.
THE oil we'll at Cygnet O., the greatest
Gusher in the Ohio field, which caught fire
recently, burned until the 5Oth, when the
flames were extinguished. 1t is estimat-
ed that 100000 barrels Of oil were con-
sumed.
THE doorkeepership contest is really the
only fight in Washington connected with
the House organization around which
there is any doubt. Mr.. Donelson's reply
to the charges preferred against him by
Mr.. Breckenridge, of Arkansas, has fur
nished a prolific topic OF discussion.
Messrs. Hurt and Nichols are still in the
race.
IT is said the Standard Oil Company
contemplate building a pipe lins from
Chicago, through the Ohio and PennsYL-
vania oil fields, to New York City.
THE police of Newark, N. j., are con-
vinced that serious trouble with the an
archistic element is only matter OF time,
and will develop as soon as a laaor strike
of any magnitude occurs.
. THE commanders ofthe different French
army corps have received sealed instruc-
tions which they are to open IN the evePt
of an outbreak following the election of
new President.
THE st. Petersburg police raided lodg-
Ing house on the 3)th, in the Peski quarter,
occupied by students who were supposed
to BE- Nt4ilists. A desperate resistance
was made by the inmates Of the house,
and many persons were wounded.
CONGRESSMAN MCSHANE, of Nebraska,
is many times q millionaire, and will keep
up a large establishment in Washington.
He made his money in mining enterprises
and sound real estate nvestm ants in
Omaha and elsewhere, and has the repu-
tation of being one of the solid men of the
West
IRISH Nationalist PAYERS assert that the
Unionist meeting at Dublin on the night
Of the 10Th was not representative gath.
ering, as no one was allowed to attend
without securing a ticket from the man.
agement.
The Iowa Soldiers Home, the bill for
which passed the Legislature two years
ago, resulting in its location at Marshall
town, after q struggle between sixteen
leading towns of the State, was dedi-
Gated on the 30th, and was opened De-
cember for occupants.
THE flow Of gas that was struck re-
Gently at Princeton, Ind, at the depth of
G25 feet was cased off and the drilling
began on the Goth to secure greater flow,
and after drilling ten feet deeper, at noon
of the Both, struck new gusher at the
depth of 635 feet.
AT Cincinnati, on the morning of the
1st, a general fire alarm was sounded,
calling the entire fire department to the
Strobridge Lithographing COmpany's
great building. The flames devoured tie
entire building, and in less than forty
minutes the walls fell in. The loss is
total, and will probably be $20),O90
JAKE SHARPE, the New York boodler,
ha7 been released on $4,000 bail.
A sTATUi of the late President Garfield
was unvaled at Cincinnati on the 1st
with appropriate ceremonies.
A SHOCK of earthquake was felt in por-
tions of England on the 1st.
QUEEN REGENT CHRISTINA opened the
Spanish Cortes on the 1st.
CANADIAN yachtsmen are preparing to
build yacht to compete next year for
the Americas cup.
JAMES H. MCGINDLEY, sixty two years
old, was sent cnced in the United States
Court at Clevel ami, o., on the 1st, to ten
years. imprisonment for forging PEN
sion certificates.
REPRESENTATIVES FORD, who represents
the Grand Rapids district of Michigan, is
one Of the younger members of the Fif-
tieth Congress and is quite a handsome
and able man.
A LYNCHIYG took place at Alamosa,
Col, on the 1st, tramp named O'Brien
being the victim. He had committed an
assault upon young lady.
MOsT REVEREND DANIEL MCGETTIGAN,
DID,, Archbishop of Armagh and primate
of Ireland, was reported dying Oh the 1st.
JAMES E. QUINN, master workman Of
District Assembly 49, K. of L., New York,
was arrested on the 1St to answer a
charge of having assaulted a reporter of
the Tribune. Quinn pushed the reporter
down stairs.
PRESIDENT GREvY complicated French
matters on the 1st By withdrawing his
res ignation. He promised to resign on the
I'd. There was much excitement In Paris,
but no serious disturbance.
DESPITE the order to the press Of Russia
not to attack Germany, the newspapers
e., 80 print hostile criticisms or the
&6,maderegarding the interview
mei0.~ szar and Bismarck.